Confirming details on victims from hospitals
All cases of deaths and injuries caused by bombing and shelling in Vanni are taken to either Kilinochchi or Mullaithivu hospitals. Both districts have a
Regional Director of Health Services (RDHS) under whose supervision the government hospitals in that district function. Many of these hospitals are
presently functioning in displaced locations. All the information provided in this report is obtained through the above mentioned hospitals and in some
cases the homes of the victims are visited to obtain further details. If anyone wishes to confirm the reports of incidents noted in this report they can contact cases the homes of the victims are visited to obtain further details. If anyone wishes to confirm the reports of incidents noted in this report they can contact
the respective Regional Director of Head Services (RDHS) by the phone number provided below.
The victims of bombing and shelling attacks in Kilinochchi are mostly taken to the Kilinochchi District Hospital now functioning in Tharmapuram. There
is also a branch hospital functioning in Vaddakachchi in Kilinochchi. The Kilinochchi RDHS can be contacted for confirmation of cases in these two
hospitals. The contact details of RDHS for Kilinochchi are:
Dr Sathiamoorthy (RDHS Kilinochchi)
Phone: 060 215 8086
Mullaithivu District Hospital is presently functioning in its old complex in Mullaithivu town. However, major cases are presently handled in the
Putukudiyiruppu hospital. In Mullaithivu District there is also a private hospital, the Ponnambalan hospital where some cases are taken. The Mullaithivu
RDHS can be contacted for confirmation of cases in these three hospitals. The contact details of RDHS for Mullaithivu are:
Dr Shanmugarajah (RDHS Mullaithiv)
Phone: 060 224 2150
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January-2009 Victims of bombing and shelling in Vanni
Five aerial
attacks on 1
Killed:
1. Rasaih Vasuki, female aged 28 of Murasumoddai (teacher)
2. Saravanamuthu Rasaih, male aged 57 of Murasumoddai
3. Thuraisingma Prasanth, male aged 22 of Kanesapuram
4. Muthulingam Selvaraj, male aged 27 of Puthumurippu
5. Anthipillai Anthony George, male aged 34 of Murasumoddai
Wife of Selvaraj said, “The day before there was an aerial attack in our area. My husband took
me and our two children and left us in Tharmapuram and went back to collect our things. My
children are twins and they are only 18 months old. ”
Injured: 1. Poologasingam Rajeevan, male child aged 08
2. Rasaratnam Rajithan, male child aged 08
3. Michael Theepan, male child aged 13
4. Sinnarasa, male aged 16
5. Sachchithanantham Pushpalalitha, female aged 55
6. Rasaih Jeyaladchumi, female aged 45 attacks on 1
January 2009
from 8.00am
till 4.30pm on
Murasumodai
area in
Kilinochchi
6. Rasaih Jeyaladchumi, female aged 45
7. Arulanantham Nahamma, female aged 53
8. Thillaiampalam, male aged 67
9. Arulappu Atputharasa, male aged 66
10. Sinnathambi Thambipillai, male aged 60
11. Suppaih Ravi, male aged 30
12. Gunasingam Rangam, male aged 23
13. Chellaih Selvakumar, male aged 29
14. Selvarasa Selvaratnam, male aged 28
15. Subramanium Karunesan, male aged 32
16. Kumaraih Vijayakumar, male aged 28
17. Sivalingam Naheswaran, male aged 35
18. Mayalahu Ariyathas, male aged 28
19. Arulanantham Michael, male aged 36
20. Arumuham Sinnavan, male aged 16
21. Velupillai Mahalingma, male aged 50
22. Gopalasingam Rathan, male aged 18
23. Sivalingam Vigneswaran, male aged 36
24. Ramana Selvarasa, male aged 25
25. Karthikesu Yogalingam, male aged 48
26. Marimuthu Pushparaja, male aged 35
27. Kuhan, male aged 31
28. Ladchumanan Ilanko, male aged 30
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January-2009 Victims of bombing and shelling in Vanni
Killed:
Killed (Pictured on the left)
1. Ranmeepan, male aged 23
2. Nisantharuban, male aged 34 of Kanukkerni, Mulliyavalai (bus driver)
3. Kajan, male ahed 24 of Visuvamadu
4. Thayaparan, male aged 25 of Ward-3, Mulliyavalai (bus driver)Aerial bombing
on 2 January at
5.00pm near
Mullaithivu
town on the bus
depot and the
MPCS fuel
Top to bottom
Kathiramalai Thanesh
Muruhan Rasenthiram
Injured:
1. Sivalingam Maheswaran male aged 35 of Mullivaikal
2. Uthayakumar, male aged 26 (stomach injury-critical condition)
3. Kathiramalai Thanesh, male aged 32 of Kallaru, Vusivamadhu
4. Muruhan Rasenthiram, male aged 28 of Kombavil, Puthukkudiyiruppu
5. R Ranganathan, male aged 40 of Ward-7, Puthukkudiyiruppu
6. Anthony Kamalanathan of Ward-10 of Puthukkudiyiruppu
7. M Karunanithi, male aged 40 of Puthukkudiyiruppu
8. Jeeventhiran, male aged 26 of Muththaiyankaddu
MPCS fuel
station.
Mullaithiv
hospital and a
Roman
Catholic school
were less than
500 meters
from the bomb
site.
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January-2009 Victims of bombing and shelling in Vanni
Killed:
Thangeswaran Lemathy
Shelling attack
on 2 January at
4.20pm on
Puliampokanai
in Kilinochchi
Killed:
Thangeswaran Tharsini, female child aged 14
Injured:
1. Thangeswaran Lemathy, female aged 43 (mother of the child killed)
2. Manickam Thangeswaran, male aged 44 (father of the child killed)
A relative of the family said that Tharsini died as she was running from the kitchen to the
bunker. Rest of the family escaped because they had already reached the bunker. Hospital
wanted to send the injured mother to Vavuniya hospital but because the checkpoint is
closed she is still in Tharmapuram hospital.
Two shelling
attacks on 2
January on
Murasumodai
in Kilinochchi
Killed (Pictured on the left)
1. Thraisamy Thavarasa, male aged 58 of 3rd Channel, Pannankandy
2. Shanmuganathan Gurunathan, male aged 25 of 3rd Channel, Pannankandy
Injured:
1. Kasinathan Sarojinithevi, female aged 33
2. Vetharanyam Kasinathan, male aged 34
3. Jeyarasa Indranee, female aged 43
4. Iyathurai Jeyarasa, male aged 44
5. Marianayagam Mahendran, male aged 41
6. Pathmanathan Naguleswaran, male aged 21
7. Vairamuthu Suventhan, male aged 30
8. Shanmugaratnam Sivapakiam, female aged 54
9. Shanmugaratnam Uthayakumar, male age 28
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January-2009 Victims of bombing and shelling in Vanni
Killed:
Two shelling
attacks on 4
January on
Vaddakachchi-
Kalmadu area
in Kilinochchi
Injured:
1. Shanmugarasa, male child aged 06
2. Sarvananthan Saranya, female aged 17
3. Sarvananthan Gajani female aged 18
4. Nadarasa Rajeswary, female aged 57
5. Joseph Marianayagam, male aged 63
6. Mariathas Christy, male aged 34
7. Chinnaih Nadarasa, male aged 66
8. Jacob Yoganathan, male aged 31
9. Velmuruhu Pakiarasa, male aged 51
10. Pillaiyan Chandran, male aged 39
11. Baskaran Sivasubramanium, male aged 36
12. Suppaih Sivagnanam, male aged 29
Shelling attack
on 5 January at
3.30pm on
Kovilkudiyirup
u in
Mullaithivu
12. Suppaih Sivagnanam, male aged 29
13. Govinthasamy Sivakumar, male aged 36
Killed:
Anthonypillai Arulnathan, male aged 49
Injured:
Arulnathan Thushyanthan, male child aged 13, son of the man killed
Shells exploded on top of the home of the victims.
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January-2009 Victims of bombing and shelling in Vanni
Killed:
Shelling attack on
8 January at
1.00pm on
Vadakachi in
Kilinochchi
Injured
1. Charanya, female child aged 6
2. Jeganathan Rathees, male child aged 14
3. Thommai Kaliston Dular, male child aged 15
4. Markandu Janakaraj, male child aged 16
5. Sasikaran Sasi, female aged 25
6. Vijayan Usha, female aged 30
7. Thommai Venitta, female aged 38
Killed
1. Suthaharan Sudarnilavan, 11 months old baby
2. K Pratheepa, female aged 20
3. Kamala, female aged 56
7. Thommai Venitta, female aged 38
8. Pachchiamma, female aged 66
9. Revathy, female aged 36
10. Subramanium Suganthini, male aged 28
11. Anthonipillai Thevathas, male aged 41
12. Ramesh, male aged 22
13. Mariathas Anthony, male aged 17
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January-2009 Victims of bombing and shelling in Vanni
Killed:Killed
1. Balanayagam-Nachchipillai, female aged 78 years,
2. Yogan-Tharsha, female aged 19 years,
3. Thurairajah-Kandeepan, male aged 20 years
Shelling attack on
8 January on
Tharmapuram in
Kilinochchi around
1.30pm
Injured:
1. Yogarasa Thushyanthi, female child aged 10 years
2. Murugesu Sinnarajah, male aged 51 years,
3. Kulaveerasingam-Kulatheesan, male aged 27 years,
4. Sinnarajah-Jegatheepan, male aged16 years,
5. Sarvesvaran-Kavitha, female aged 35 years,
6. Mathivannan-Mirunisha, female aged 12 years,
7. Ramachandran-Thulasikah, female aged 12 years,
8. Ramachandran-Kumanan, male aged 30 years,8. Ramachandran-Kumanan, male aged 30 years,
9. Subramaniam-Sivaparan, male aged 26 years,
10. Karthigesu-Vijayasoorya, female aged 27 years,
11. Arulnesarajah-Anusan,male aged 13years,
12. Jeyatharshan, male aged 15years,
13. Kanapathipillai-Poobalasingam, male aged 67 years,
14. Sellaiah-Leelawathy, female aged 83 years,
15. Mathews-Anthoniammah, female aged 62 years,
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January-2009 Victims of bombing and shelling in Vanni
Killed:
1. Arulsreeharan Saranya, female child aged 6 years
2. Asobar Aruna, female child aged 8 years
3. Arulsreeharan Sasikala, female aged 25 years (mother of one
injured child above)
Shelling attack on
8 January on
Kalmadu in
Kilinochchi
District
Injured girls Aruna and Saranya
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January-2009 Victims of bombing and shelling in Vanni
Killed:
Mother, father and daughter
celebrating a family culture
Killed:
1. Thuraisamy Thamilini, female aged 17
2. Thuraisamy Chinnammah, female aged 57
3. Kaththan Thuraisamy, male aged 65
4. Suppaih Thavakumar, male aged 17
Shelling attack
on 10 January at
10.10 pm in
Ward-9 in PTK
in Mullaithivu
Injured:
1. Kalatheepan Thivya, female child aged 5
2. Kalatheepan Manjula, female aged 25
3. Rasaih Suppaih, male aged 42 (lost both legs)
in Mullaithivu
District
Mother and daughter injured
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January-2009 Victims of bombing and shelling in Vanni
Killed:
Shelling attack
around 1.00pm
on 11 January on
Theravil in
Mullaithivu
District
Shelling attack all Among the injured are:
Some among the ten injured IDPs:
1. Rameshkumar Sanjeevan, male child aged 2
2. Selvarasa Tharsika, female aged 17,
2. Singarasa Nithya, female aged 25,
3. Mariathas Anthony, male aged 85,
4. Ponnamah, female aged 75,
5. Arasaratnam Piramilan, male aged 17
6. M Shanmugalingam, male aged 35,
7. Koneswaran, male aged 24
8. Jeyanantha, male aged 25
Shelling attack all
morning on
Tharmapuram in
Kilinochchi District on
11 January
Shelling attack
near Kallaru in
Kilinochchi
Districton 11
January
Among the injured are:
1. A Murugaih, male aged 68
2. Perumal Amaravathy, female aged 60
3. S Govinthasamy, male aged 63
Among the injured are:
1. Puniyamoorthy Sarujan, male child aged 01
2. A Manonmani, female aged 54
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January-2009 Victims of bombing and shelling in Vanni
Killed:
Damage to the PTK hospital
Puthukudiyiruppu (PTK) hospital ward damaged in the attack.
PTK Hospital
shelling on 13
January at
10..00am
Killed: Vijayaratnam Vathsala, female aged 38 killed in a simultaneous shelling attack in
Ananthapuram nearby.
Injured
1. Ananthakumaran Manonmani, female aged 26 of Ward-3 Kombavil
2. Murugaih Sivalingam, male aged 61 of Vernavil PTK
Manonmani injured
2. Murugaih Sivalingam, male aged 61 of Vernavil PTK
Selvanayagam Seeralan, male aged 26 of Ward-3 Mulliyavalai
Shelling attack
on Manthuvil in
PTK at 12.20pm
on 14 January
Injured:
1. Kandaih Santhakuru, male aged 56, Kumulamunai
2. Krishnapillai Vijayan, male aged 30, Ward-1 Vernavil
3. Paramakuru Pratheepan, male age 23 Ward-9 PTK
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January-2009 Victims of bombing and shelling in Vanni
Killed:
Mother and brother of the two sisters killed
Killed:
1. Suthaskaran Sujeevan, male child aged 14 years (one of the two sisters)
2. Suthaskaran-Sujitha, female aged 16 years (one of the two sisters)
3. Sumanan Mayoori, female aged 19 years
Shelling attack
on Thoddiyadi in
Visuvamadu on
Injured
1. Suntharalingam Nithishanth, male child aged 13years,
2. Rajagopal Rukmany, female aged 89years,
3. Rathnam Nageswary, female aged 83 years,
One of the three injured women
over the age of 80
Visuvamadu on
13 January at
11.00am
4. A civilian, female aged 80 years,
5. Vimalanathan Kajintha, female aged16 years,
6. Suppaiah Kanagaratnam, male aged 60 years,
7. Sellappah Markandu, male aged 64years,
8. Veerapathirar Parameswaran, male aged 62years,
9. Ganeshan Chandramalar, female aged 57years,
10. Sukumar Uthayakumar, male aged 16 years,
11. Markandu Pratheepa, female aged 18years,
12. Subramaniam Kunaranjiny, female aged 37years,
13. Singarajah Sugirthan, male aged 18years,
14. Ramasamy Maniam, male aged 49 years,
15. Subramaniam Suthaskaran, male aged 40years,
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January-2009 Victims of bombing and shelling in Vanni
Killed:
Shelling attack
around 12.30pm
on 14 January
on Kaiveli in the
Mullaithivu
District
Injured
1. Sebastian Sivagnanam, male aged 39
2. Sebastian Sokkan, male aged 34
3. Sriskandaraja Thavamalar, female aged 57
4. N Nagaratnam, female aged 46
5. Ludchumanan Amaresan, male aged 42
6. K Elizabeth, female aged 63
7. N Thangaselvan, male aged 42
8. Rasaih Mohankumar, male aged 33
9. Santhakumar Manchula, female aged 28
10. S Rexon, male aged 34
11. Gnanam, male aged 34
12. S Arulvathanan, male aged 40
13. S Luxika, female aged 31
Killed
1. Mariampillai Jude Sujeevan, male aged 18
2. Mariampillai Johnsmary, male aged 58 years
3. Shanmugam Selvarasa, male aged 50 years
Injured
1. Mariampillai Jude Subason, male child aged 9 years
2. M Ketheeswaran, male child aged 9 years
3. Siyanthan, male child aged 10 years
4. Mariampillai Jude Sulaxon, male child aged 15
5. A Thasikaran, male aged 18 years
6. Mariampillai Jude Suganthan, male aged 30
Sulaxon (Lost one leg), Siyanthan and Ketheeswaran injured
Shelling attack
around 5.30pm
on 15 January
on
Suthanthirapura
m in Mullaithivu
District
13. S Luxika, female aged 31
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January-2009 Victims of bombing and shelling in Vanni
Killed:
Vivekananthan Sulojan, male
child aged 14 of 50 Housing
Scheme, Kailveli
Sulojan was playing outside his house, flying a kite, when
a shell blew his head and killed him instantly
Shelling attack
on 15 January
around 1.00pm
in Kaiveli in
Mullaithivu
District
1. Yogeswaran Gajenthini, female child aged 14 years
2. Thambaih Yogeswaran, male aged 50 years
All the possessions including the family album was destroyed
in the shelling and these are the only photos that could be
rescued.
1. Yogeswaran Prasanth, male child aged 8 years
2. Babukaran Jeyanthini, female aged 30 years
Prasanth is the son of the man killed in the incident.
Selling attack on 16
January at 12.30pm
on Kombavil in
Mullaithivu District
1. Gnanaruban Vasanthakumari, female aged 30 years
2. Nanthakumar Thobothini, female aged 30 years
Father and daughter killed in the attack
Shelling attack
on 16 Januar in
Mullaithivu
Districty around
12.30pm in
Kaiveli
Prasanth and jeyanthini
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January-2009 Victims of bombing and shelling in Vanni
Killed:Selling attack on 16
January at 1.00pm
on Visuvamadu in
Mullaithivu District
Mohanathas, male aged 25 years
The baby who has lost his father,
grand-father, grand-mother. His
Killed
1. Ramanathan Kumaran, male aged 30 years
2. Ramanathan, male aged 65 years (Kumaran’s father)
3. Kumaran’s mother-in-law, aged 55 years (Kumaran’s mother)
All three from one family were killed. Kumaran’s wife is seriously injured. Their son, the injured
baby, is without any relative to claim and care for him.
Selling attack
on 16 January
at 1.30pm on
Theravil in
Mullaithivu
DistrictInjured
1. Kumaran’s wifegrand-father, grand-mother. His
mother is seriously injured
1. Kumaran’s wife
2. Kumaran’s baby
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